Has
technology helped to reverse some of the ominous trends that surface with
increasing global change?

How does an Internet-connected
world fit with scriptural descriptions for the future?

What
potential promise does future science advancement hold for humanity—for
example, in combating effects in aging, colonizing other planets, recovering
the environment on earth, and making for equity in life style for humanity
overall?

In what way does science
play into the 'convergence' we've highlighted previously?

Short Answer:

New, marvelous, Science
discoveries come each day. Comprehending the implications of these findings...
about our health, the universe, and much more... is sometimes beyond us, beyond
our attention span, beyond our daily experience. Our involvement (through
our senses) and understanding of the material existence at some point hits
a limit. More than the senses and more than technology are required to get
beyond this point. Science along time reveals the intricate, the designed,
the awesome nature to being here. But this appreciation in fact takes
us beyond the material realm.

Yet, new discoveries
in one arena coincide with events that elsewhere fall along other avenues,
other time lines. While very different, other time line events spring forth
from Scripture into the news, on the TV, and globally via the Internet. Are
these events integrated, in some relevant way, into the fabric of our comprehension?
Can eclectic themes be interwoven? Case in point, the updated Hubbell telescope
with enhanced power speaks not only to the awesome universe, but also to something
that the Scriptures refer to in a complementary fashion. Science reveals a
glory in the material and scriptural heavens. So, if examined thoughtfully,
openly, there is a transition from the material being to an understanding
why 'scriptural events' are so relevant to us. And this ties into current
events along the biblical time line and relate directly to what goes on in
the Middle East, as well as in all nations around the globe.

Here is the suggestion
that science and scriptural lines converge as time advances. This is why the
WindowView time line pages list concurrent events in these very different
areas of human activity. History is being written along multiple tracks, yet
this all fits within a common experience. If there is a point of convergence
ahead, what exactly is it? Science plays its part in this key process. But
what are the driving forces that lead humanity along the time line...

Consider This:

Certainly, a look at
the WindowView timelines reveals humanity's progress in the areas of science and technology. Science
provides a measure of understanding the universe. But in doing so we encounter
thinking that goes beyond the simpler material explanations for who we are
and how we got here. We understand atoms and molecules, but 'string theory'
that describes material particles as vibrating entities made of energy is
abstract. Yet, science advancements have brought
us beyond the limits of our physical senses and into a quest to understand
more than just the day-to-day experience. Science has brought us
to a miraculous field of understanding... to the point of comprehending the
foundation our existence and origins in a remarkable new light.

Of all things, it's
modern research—something separate from the scriptural introduction to
what and whom initiated our universe and our being—that gives us new
perspectives on our origins and the unique conditions that support life as
we know it. And still, these findings bring us back to design,
not chance, and to a Designer, not a foundation
characterized by randomness. Seeing this is the entire thrust of our looking
through the window and the information presented in the Science feature area
of WindowView.

Science also brings
us to seeing that the world is undergoing dramatic material change. Many are
really unaware—asleep, in denial—of the dimensions of global
change (article). But if we think along the
time line of recent human history, one can easily envision the building forces
for change. Population growth, consumption of resources, political pressures,
and much more enter into this arena of change. Scientists ask what humans
can do to solve this human-driven problem. But is
this simply an issue of humans fixing a problem, when in fact humans are falling
short of the stewardship that is required? Can we save the planet,
save ourselves? It's incredible that we even see human-centric questions of
this magnitude... and meanwhile global
change (separate web site section) portends
further decline before any hope of seeing a turn around.

The concept of colonizing
other planets or fixing the problems here on this planet come with a huge
price tag. Dreamers fail to recognize how unobtainable such endeavors are
in the face of the crises we routinely see. And time is short. If we come
to a crisis point in the near future, then it appears that 'solutions' will
be needed on earth first.

A scriptural based
perspective would logically seem grounded in a text that changes little. Yet
science builds an information base that expands over time. In fact, science
now adds information to its base at a geometric and even exponential rate.
That is to say, data and information as text, pictures, video, and sound all
build so rapidly that scientists hardly have time to assess what we have collected.
Ironically, new data on the scriptural side would
not seem to build, unless one realizes that biblical history is as current
as what the biblical text sees looking forward in a prophetic context.
In that regard, new evidence comes to us as evidence revealed in events in
the Middle East and elsewhere around the world. Science on the other hand
is not prophetic but still builds around human activities... again, many of
them materialistic and short ranged endeavors. But what if the material experience
is not all there is to our life experience? Science is then only one interesting,
and valuable, perspective on being.

In the material realm
there is space to realize that there is something special about our origin
and existence. So too, a realization that global change hints at a dilemma
coming at the crossroads ahead of us. This is why the
window's view transitions into a look at the final feature area entitled 'Harmony.' We furthermore
ask you to take several very separate areas of consideration to rethink the
working model behind our existence. The Harmony Area
reveals a relationship that provides an answer to the future crisis point
(the point of convergence) that one can anticipate with scientific certainty.

Considering a paradigm shift allows us to see very different fields of view folding into one holistic
perspective... a final view on where the future is leading us. Science offers
some apparent answers in the material realm, quick fixes perhaps, research
provides cures and technologies that are remarkable, but humanity's survival
and destiny are issues that go beyond the material experience. For this reason
science is only one part of the WindowView timeline.
Again, along the companion track on the time line we see a series of events
and a focus on something spiritual. This goes beyond the material, beyond
science alone, yet these are integral to the overall (corporate, all inclusive)
human experience. The ultimate transition is from
science to what is scriptural, from the material to the eternal, from our
human corporate failing (corporate sin, failure as stewards, failure to our
kind), and to recognize that in the design... the Designer holds the solution
and presents the way to the future. Science is only part of the
lager view.

Added Perspective:

A timeline perspective is one way to appreciate change and how the initial pace continually
ramped up to something we may describe as rapid or even exponential in proportions
today. At the core of our daily being, humans deal with much the same issues
in life, today as well as long ago, in spite of conveniences or advancements
through modern science. Our awareness of the laws of nature, the existence
we live, and the possibility of purpose in life is enhanced by scientific
exploration. One might even sense that we are rapidly approaching a new threshold
in our appreciation for what science can and cannot tell us—all
to the point of revealing the exceptional nature to life. A look
at origins is an important reflection among all the other distractions because
it offers the opportunity to attach purpose to being.
In this context we can anticipate where the time is headed.

Writer / Editor: Dr. T. Peterson, Director,
WindowView.org

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For a general listing of books, visit the WindowView Book Page for: Science and Scripture .

References of Interest

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